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28 Nov 2011

Dear Friends:

You are receiving this message because you have taken the bold step of supporting the Long Island Principals' APPR Position Paper.We thank you for your support of the paper and would like to keep you posted on the status of our efforts.

We Have a New Name!

Although started in Long Island, our efforts and support have expanded far beyond Nassau and Suffolk counties! As such, we havechanged our name and website toNew York Principals (www.newyorkprincipals.org). Please bookmark this site now!

Some Updated Numbers:

·Presently, 74% of Long Island Principals have signed this letter!

·Over 654 New York Stateprincipals total have signed this letter. Support in Westchester and New York City has expanded tremendously.

·Over3250 educators, parents and concerned citizens have signed this letter.

1. New York Principals: Help us reach even more principals! If your colleague's name does not appear as a signatory, reach out to him or her and ask for support!The New York Times article will give our efforts tremendous exposure.

2. Get the website onto a listserv, email group or associate newsletter to help spread the word.

3. Contact your local reporter regarding the letter.

4. Contact your local Regent and legislator regarding the letter.

Understand the Issues

The New York Times article will prompt a lot of local media coverage — especiallyfor principalsin districts outside of Long Island. Be sure that you are prepared to speak to the issues raised in the article and in our open letter.

ØAs a reminder, we haveten major issues grouped in three areas of concern.

ØWe are not afraid of being evaluated or using properly designed student achievement metrics. In fact, our recommendations include the use of student achievementmetrics.

ØMany in SED will claim that our current system of evaluation is broken. Even if one accepts thisview, it is unacceptable to try to repair the system with a system that is unproven, not based in research and against what we know works in schools.

Thank you for all of your efforts! Pleasecontinue to make your voices heard!